The dialogues
Subtitle: conversations about the nature of the universe
By: Clifford V. Johnson ; foreword by Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780262037235
Subjects: Science; Comic books, strips; Cosmology
Description: "In this graphic book/novel, readers eavesdrop on conversations about contemporary science and learn about how scientists uncover the secrets of the universe. Topics in the book range from black holes, to the multiverse, to string theory, to food science. The book is structured as a set of 9 conversations in 11 chapters. The people in the conversations include non-experts and experts in physics, both adults and children, both male and female. These characters are fictional. The locations are in cities around the world, in cafes, train stations, on the street, buses, museums, libraries. The book is, uniquely for this subject matter, a fully graphic book. A graphic novel, but NOT science fiction. The science is real, and often concerns research topics that have been highlighted in general-interest media outlets"--